rss How to Use RSS By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 09:00:00 -0500 The Internet is a big place. Really big. With more than a billion existing pages and thousands more being created each day, there is a wealth of great sites offering fantastic content free of charge. But with such a massive torrent of media being produced each and every day, it can often be tough to keep up with all your favorite websites. So, how do we alleviate this problem? Easy. complete article Full Article
rss How Can I Organize My RSS Feeds So They Are More Manageable? By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Tue, 29 Dec 2015 14:38:04 -0500 You are definitely not alone in feeling the RSS information overload. As wonderful as it is to be able to tap into all the information in the world, there are only so many hours in the day to spend consuming it all. Not to worry: With a little pruning, filtering and prioritizing, we can turn the deluge of data into a nice, manageable stream of content. complete article Full Article
rss This Chrome Extension Replaces Facebooks Trending Topics with any RSS feed By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Tue, 5 Jan 2016 09:00:00 -0500 Are you tired of Facebooks trending section in your News Feed? Celebrity news getting annoying? Would you rather have legitimate news? Introducing Fluffblocker. complete article Full Article
rss Get Organized: Clean Up Your RSS Feed Reader By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 09:00:00 -0500 Nothing motivates me to clean up like having to move. When I move house, which I do more often than I like, I see it as a time to purge junk and scrub the new place from corner to corner before moving in any of my stuff. complete article Full Article
rss The Ultimate RSS Toolbox - 120+ RSS Resources By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 09:00:00 -0500 Never again will mankind have to look for RSS info in more than one place...ok, we're kidding, but we've aimed to create a near comprehensive list of all the RSS readers, tools, browser plugins, tips, hacks and directories available on the web. complete article Full Article
rss SEO Benefits to RSS Feeds By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 09:00:03 -0500 The RSS feed is really something we see as more of a technical help to crawl and index the content a bit better. So if you have a website that is changing content fairly quickly, a news website, a blog with a lot of new content, maybe even a shop that has lots of new content, then the RSS feed really helps us stay on top of things so we can pick up on all of those new URLs and crawl them as soon as we can. complete article Full Article
rss JustCast Turns A Dropbox Folder Into A Podcast RSS Feed By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 09:00:00 -0500 JustCast is built as a simple way to create a feed for your own podcasts without dealing with hosts, but it is just as good for making your own private feeds of various audio files you need to listen to. complete article Full Article
rss Science Related RSS Feeds By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Wed, 3 Feb 2016 09:00:00 -0500 You can keep up-to-date with the content posted on Science Journals by subscribing to our E-mail alerts and our RSS feeds. complete article Full Article
rss Munch is a fast efficient RSS Reader for Android By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 09:00:00 -0500 Feeds are added one after the other to Munch which is the program's greatest shortcoming, especially if you have an opml file full of feeds already that you would like to import. This means that you need to add feed after feed manually in the application which is a problem considering that you need to get hold of feed urls first somehow to do so. complete article Full Article
rss Really simple suggestions for RSS By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Fri, 12 Feb 2016 09:00:00 -0500 The raw simplicity of RSS is its beauty, so any upgrades need to maintain that simplicity. But we can create additional function without sacrificing RSS’s usefulness. Can an old dog learn new tricks? complete article Full Article
rss Slow Feeds Organizes Your RSS Feeds, Highlights Stories You Might Miss By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 09:00:00 -0500 Slow Feeds organizes your subscriptions into different lists. Theres a stream for low-volume sites that do not update terribly often (sites that update, weekly, for example, but when they do, you want to read them), a stream for the remaining high-volume sites that you can check more regularly, a stream specifically of the most-linked webpages in your feeds, and even a special feed just for articles you have starred to save for later, or review in order which is great if you are starring a bunch of articles on a specific topic, for example.. complete article Full Article
rss Create an RSS Feed for any Search Result By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 09:00:39 -0500 Whether you are constantly searching your own name online (you know who you are) or there is a topic you want to follow closely, Google Alerts lets you know when new pages hit the web that match your query—and you can convert these results into an RSS feed (or something else) to make them easier to manage. complete article Full Article
rss Create an RSS Feed By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Wed, 16 Mar 2016 09:00:00 -0500 Software to Create Feeds If you are not as confident and would like software to create the feed we strongly recommend FeedForAll an extremely easy to use feed creation tool that allows webmasters to create, edit and publish rss feeds. If you want to create an RSS feed using a text editor a step by step walk-through at Make RSS Feeds will help. complete article Full Article
rss Understanding RSS Feeds By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Fri, 18 Mar 2016 09:00:00 -0500 What Are RSS Feeds? RSS Feeds RSS also known as rich site summary or real simply syndication, arrived on the scene a number of years ago, but was only recently embraced by webmasters as a means to effectively syndicate content. RSS Feeds provide webmasters and content providers an avenue to provide concise summaries to prospective readers. Thousands of commercial web sites and blogs now publish content summaries in an RSS feed. Each item in the feed typically contains a headline; article summary and link back to the online article. Understanding RSS Feeds Full Article
rss The Insanity of Dumping RSS By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Sun, 20 Mar 2016 09:00:00 -0500 We keep hearing that RSS is dead but is it? No, RSS feed usage is up and those who switch off their feeds are harming their business. complete article Full Article
rss Manually Add RSS Feeds to Apple News By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Mon, 28 Mar 2016 09:00:07 -0500 When you first launch News, it seems like you can only go through and pick Apple-approved sites and topics. But you can actually customize it however you want in one of two ways: complete article Full Article
rss Create An RSS Feed For Any Google Search Result By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 09:00:00 -0500 Whether you are constantly searching your own name online (you know who you are) or there is a topic you want to follow closely, Google Alerts lets you know when new pages hit the web that match your query — and you can convert these results into an RSS feed (or something else) to make them easier to manage. complete article Full Article
rss How to Subscribe to RSS Feeds in Safari By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 09:00:00 -0400 RSS, also known as Really Simple Syndication, provides a great way to keep up with your favorite websites and skim through the headlines to find the articles. Safari makes it really simple to subscribe to a websites RSS feed in just a few clicks. complete article Full Article
rss Why Everyone Should Have an RSS Feed By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Apr 2016 09:00:00 -0400 The background: chatting to colleagues at Oxfam, I am always surprised how few of them use RSS software to keep abreast of their fields. complete article Full Article
rss Connect WordPress RSS Feeds to Social Networks By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 09:00:00 -0400 Displaying your social media network activity on your website can have tremendous advantages. It shows your readers that you’re an active participant in your niche and helps you establish yourself as a thought leader. The best part is that displaying your activity is fast and easy in WordPress. complete article Full Article
rss In Defense of the RSS Feed for Comics By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Mon, 2 May 2016 09:00:00 -0400 Since starting the Johnny Bullet comic strip, I’ve begun reading many more web comics than before to the extent that I read more of them than print or digital comics. It has been an interesting transition from one of those comic book store devotee to getting most of my comics from individual creators online. One technology has helped make this transition possible. It is the RSS feed. complete article Full Article
rss 10 best RSS reader apps for Android By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Wed, 4 May 2016 09:00:00 -0400 Do keep in mind, though, that not every website keeps an updated RSS feed anymore. Here are the best RSS reader apps for Android! complete article Full Article
rss Create an RSS Feed for any Search Result By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Wed, 11 May 2016 09:00:00 -0400 Whether you are constantly searching your own name online (you know who you are) or theres a topic you want to follow closely, Google Alerts lets you know when new pages hit the web that match your query—and you can convert these results into an RSS feed (or something else) to make them easier to manage. complete article Full Article
rss The Insanity of Dumping RSS Feeds By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Fri, 13 May 2016 09:00:00 -0400 We are a great believer in achieving the widest possible distribution as possible. RSS feeds allow that because they can be easily consumed in many places. RSS was one of the principle ways in which the early bloggers were able to syndicate their content and achieve large scale distribution. To this day, RSS remains one of the best ways to get content onto many people’s screens in as friction free a way as possible. complete article Full Article
rss Are There Any SEO Benefits With Having an RSS Feed? By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Sun, 15 May 2016 09:00:00 -0400 John Mueller was asked about RSS feeds in the latest Google Webmaster Hangout, specifically whether there are any SEO benefits to having an RSS feed on the site. complete article Full Article
rss This Chrome extension replaces Facebooks trending topics with any RSS feed By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Mon, 23 May 2016 09:00:00 -0400 Are you tired of Facebooks trending section in your News Feed? Celebrity news getting annoying? Would you rather have legitimate news? Introducing Fluffblocker. complete article Full Article
rss Add a custom RSS feed to your Android home screen By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Wed, 25 May 2016 09:00:00 -0400 You turn to RSS. That is right, we are going old school. For those who don't know, RSS stands for Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication. It's a very easy protocol that allows feeds to be pulled from websites to serve up a collection of story summations that the reader can then click on and enjoy the full read. complete article Full Article
rss RSS Feed Authorship By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Sat, 4 Jun 2016 09:00:00 -0400 BlogTalk Radio Says - We have good news about your RSS feed! Now, ownership in your RSS feed, iTunes, Stitcher, and anywhere else we distribute your content, lists you as the copyright holder. Hosts reported they wanted to see their names as the author of their content and also want the copyright notice to include their names in their RSS feeds. This was not possible owing to a database restriction that we took a long time to remove. complete article Full Article
rss Top 10 RSS Feeds For Medical News & Alerts By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Sun, 12 Jun 2016 09:00:00 -0400 Health is definitely one of those things we do not notice till it starts to ebb away. Isn’t it also true that medical news is the last thing you like to read or see in newspapers and television? That is, if you do not have any illness in the family. I pray you do not, but if you do then the web has always been a secondary source of some great information. The first source should always be your general practitioner and physician. There is no harm in arming yourself with information when you need to talk to a doctor. A better informed patient (or a patients guardian) makes for a wiser decision maker. We are living on the cutting edge of great medical leaps. Medical news and alerts help us to keep pace with these leaps. Let’s look at some top websites for RSS medical news feeds and stay alert with the help of their feeds. complete article Full Article
rss How to Make Your Own RSS Feed By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Jun 2016 09:00:00 -0400 For news, sports, entertainment, online publications and blogs, the benefits of implementing an RSS feed is obvious: Deliver information to your visitors even when they are not actively surfing your site, and they will be sure to come back when an item piques their interest. For other types of businesses, an RSS feed can keep you top-of-mind with your past customers. complete article Full Article
rss How to get your Twitter RSS feed using this simple hack By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 09:00:00 -0400 Twitter has eradicated RSS feeds from its web interface once and for all, following an update to the sites search page today. When Twitter launched its redesign late last year it subtly removed RSS feeds for users tweets. And while RSS feeds are still available, you have to be willing to jump through some extra hoops to access them. Of course, there was some suggestion that their removal was accidental, but some 10 months later this seems not to be the case. complete article Full Article
rss Five Android apps to feed your RSS needs By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Mon, 20 Jun 2016 09:00:00 -0400 If you are a news junkie, you probably depend on various and sundry RSS feeds—so you most likely need a handy app to curate them into a single, easy-to-use location. Fortunately, plenty of Android apps are available to handle all your RSS needs. What is RSS? For those who are new to RSS, here's a quick overview. RSS stands for rich site summary (or really simple syndication). It enables sites to publish frequently updated information in a format that is easy to consume (by both apps and humans). The format of RSS tends to be a title and a one-sentence or one-paragraph blurb. Readers can click on the title, which will take them to the original piece. Different apps offer different features for RSS feeds. I have found five apps in the Google Play Store that I believe represent the best features and the most user-friendly interfaces. complete article Full Article
rss Best RSS Feed Apps for Android By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Jun 2016 09:00:00 -0400 Trying to keep track of all your favorite RSS feeds can be a pain. Luckily there are a ton of options on the Google Play Store and we take a look at a few of the best. complete article Full Article
rss Parsing an RSS News Feed with a Bash Script By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Fri, 29 Jul 2016 09:00:00 -0400 I am involved in several free software projects, including one or two where I maintain the website. For one of those projects, we currently are updating the website. Ours is probably similar to other free software projects. We use a hosting service for several key services, including news, but we run our website on a web server that we own. In our case, we run most of our project on SourceForge and run the website on a third-party service, so the news and website are on different systems. Not surprisingly, our project uses an RSS feed to pull news items from SourceForge to display on the project website. complete article Full Article
rss How to Exclude Specific Categories from WordPress RSS Feed By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Sun, 31 Jul 2016 09:00:00 -0400 Do you want to exclude specific categories from RSS feed on your WordPress site? Many site owners use some categories for content that they don’t want to appear in the RSS feed of their site. In this article, we will show you how to exclude specific categories from WordPress RSS feed. complete article Full Article
rss RSS Feed Submission By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Wed, 3 Aug 2016 09:00:00 -0400 Places you can submit your RSS feed to. RSS Feed Submission Full Article
rss RSS2SQL By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Fri, 5 Aug 2016 09:00:00 -0400 Easily and efficiently convert rss feeds to databases using RSS2SQL database. RSS2SQL Full Article
rss Opera 40 adds RSS Feed functionality By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Fri, 12 Aug 2016 09:00:00 -0400 Opera published a new version of Opera Developer today that introduces basic RSS Feed functionality in the web browser. The big new feature in the release is support for RSS Feeds. This is not an entirely new feature though, as other browsers support RSS feeds natively as well. Firefox for instance supports live bookmarks which basically list the latest articles posted by a site using RSS. complete article Full Article
rss Crisis RSS Feeds By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Mon, 15 Aug 2016 09:00:00 -0400 RSS Feeds for humanitarian emergencies, crises and disasters complete article Full Article
rss Manually Add RSS Feeds to Apple News By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Wed, 17 Aug 2016 09:00:00 -0400 It does not really seem like Apple News has taken off nearly as much as Apple likely hoped it would, but if you only visit a handful of web sites, it is actually a pretty solid RSS reader if you know how to use it right. When you first launch News, it seems like you can only go through and pick Apple-approved sites and topics. But you can actually customize it however you want in one of two ways: complete article Full Article
rss Marine Corps Times RSS Feeds By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Wed, 24 Aug 2016 09:00:00 -0400 RSS Feeds for the Marine Corps Times. Full Article
rss Connect WordPress RSS Feeds to Social Networks By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Mon, 29 Aug 2016 11:16:56 -0400 Displaying your social media network activity on your website can have tremendous advantages. It shows your readers that you’re an active participant in your niche and helps you establish yourself as a thought leader. The best part is that displaying your activity is fast and easy in WordPress. complete article Full Article
rss Filtering RSS Feeds With Inoreader By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Wed, 31 Aug 2016 09:25:37 -0400 When Google killed Reader back in 2013, many people worried that it was the end of RSS feeds—an open source format that websites used to syndicate their posts automatically. Instead, it actually led to a huge degree of innovation. Now, three years later, things have never been better. complete article Full Article
rss Best RSS Apps For Android Phones By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Mon, 5 Sep 2016 09:00:25 -0400 Despite the death of Google Reader and the subsequent flurry of naysayers, RSS has lived on as a way to stay informed in an every changing, always updating world. While originally designed for PC, plenty of people have been clamoring for Android apps to take full advantage of RSS and all it has to offer. Here we will take a look at the five best free apps for RSS reading. complete article Full Article
rss Tools for RSS Feed Creation By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Wed, 7 Sep 2016 09:00:23 -0400 If you want to increase the readership on your website, or you want to make it big with a podcast, you need an RSS feed. The RSS feed keeps your users up to date on all of your latest articles or episodes and can result in a massive increase in traffic. Creating an RSS feed is quick and easy, whether you’re using an RSS creation program or writing one yourself. Follow this guide to find out how. complete article Full Article
rss ROGERS - A beginners guide to RSS By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Mon, 19 Sep 2016 09:20:13 -0400 Almost all news sites have RSS feeds, but many make it difficult to find them. Twitter and Facebook icons are everywhere, but it's rare to see the RSS icon prominently displayed. It's a dot with two quarter-circles fanning out to the top right, usually on an orange background. complete article Full Article
rss Best RSS feed readers By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Mon, 26 Sep 2016 09:31:55 -0400 Keeping all of your favorite sites organized is not always easy, especially when you want to stay updated with all of them. That is where RSS feed readers come in. Not familiar with RSS feeds? It is where you compile all of your favorite internet content into one feed, so you do not have to individually be keeping up with health/exercise websites, food blogs, travel diaries, and so on. When you sign up for an RSS feed reader, all those things are in one place. complete article Full Article
rss Create an RSS Feed for any Search Result By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Wed, 28 Sep 2016 09:33:23 -0400 Whether you are constantly searching your own name online (you know who you are) or there is a topic you want to follow closely, Google Alerts lets you know when new pages hit the web that match your query—and you can convert these results into an RSS feed (or something else) to make them easier to manage. complete article Full Article
rss Reabble Is a Web-Based RSS Reader Made for the Kindle By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Fri, 30 Sep 2016 09:37:07 -0400 The Amazon Kindle is a great ereader, but it is not particularly feature-rich. Reabble is a simple little RSS reader optimized to work inside the Kindles experimental browser to make reading articles less of a chore. complete article Full Article
rss The History of RSS Feeds By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Mon, 3 Oct 2016 09:38:42 -0400 RSS was first invented by Netscape. They wanted to use an XML format to distribute news, stories and information. Netscape refined the version of rss and then dropped it. Userland Software to control of the specficiation and continued to develop it releasing a newer version. A non-commercial group picked up RSS at the same time and based on their interpretation of the Netscapes original concept of RSS they too released a new version. UserLand was not happy with the non-commercial version and continued development of their own version of RSS (Really Simple Syndication), eventually UserLand released RSS v2. The History of RSS Full Article